Knitted glove and method of making the same



G. P. BOSWORTH.

KNITTED GLOVE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

' APPHCATION FILED MAY 26, I919- Patented Sept 12,1922;

Patented Sept. 12, iii.

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the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings rep resenting like parts.

This invention relates to knitted gloves and to the method of makingthe same, and is an improvement over the gloves disclosed in myco-pendingapplications, Serial No. 299,788, filed May 26,. 1919; Serial No. 298,457, filed May 20,1919, andSerial No. 298,458 filed May 20, 1919. v v v The invention has-for its'objeot to provide an economical, machine knitted glove, suitably shaped so as nicely to conform to the wrist, hand and fingers of the wearer thereof.

Another object of the invention is to pro- 5 vide a glove particularly adapted to be knitted upon an automatic, circular knitting machine, either as a right-hand or a lefthand glove without material alteration or adjustment ofsuch machine.

In order that'the principles of the invention may readily be understood,-I have in the accompanying drawings (118010886 merely for illustrative purposes certa n embodiments, wherein- Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a finished glove knitted in accordance with my lnvention- Fig. 2 is aperspective view of one form of love blank; 1 ig. 3 is a detailed rear view of the wrist of the glove wherein add tional means of fashioning are shown;

Fig. 4 is a detailed v1ew, similar to Fig. 3, illustrating the sides of the lnterruption at the back of the wrist tapering more grad- I more, knitting of the glove may begm at ually than in the form shown in, Fig. 3..

In the drawings, referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, I have illustrated a glove having a Wrist 1, herein provided with a wrlst opening 2 extending longitudinally of the glove particularly'the entire wrist portlon thereof and arranged at the front of said glove, the edges 3 and 4: of said opening being-,suitably'seamed or over cast as at 3' and 4 to TTEID GLOVE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SE.

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said edges; p The wristv 1 is here shown as of relativelf" small diameter adjacent the end 5, but it 1:;

graduallywidened or suitably shaped at o etain portions thereof to conform to the wrist of the wearer.-

llhe larger end of said 'wrist is herein knitted integral with the hand of the glove, which hand includes a rotatably knitted seamless. tubular web 7 and a reciprocatingl knitted strip 14 of double width and long1- tudlnally doubled along the little or fourth finger side of the glove, so as to bring the two edges 15 and 16 thereof together at the thumb side of the hand where they are stitched together.

The tubular web 7 extends from the end 8 of the wrist opening 2 to the base 9 ofthe thumb 10, which thumb herein consists of a double-width strip longitudinally doubled along itsouter side to bring its edges 17 and 18 at the inside-of the thumb and next to the edges 15 and 16 of said hand strip,-which edges are as continuations of saidiedges 17 and 18.

As herein represented the glove has individual finger coverings 19, 20, 21 and 22,

prevent ravelling or fraying of.

indicating the first, second, third and fourth is fingers respectively, and these fingers are separated from each other by gussets a, b and a formed in and by the knitting operations, between the first and second, second and third, and the third and fourth fingers respectively; There are numerous ways by which a glove embodying the features hereinbefore escribed, may be knitted, that is, it would be within the broad scope and purpose. of

the invention to knit the glove either by hand or upon various types of machines, but more particularly upon a machine similar in many respects to that disclosedin my 00- ending application Serial No. 263,284 led November 20, 1918. Furtherany desired point, but herein it is begun at the end 5 of the wrist and when knitted by machine upon substantially the full comp e ment of needles, with the" exception of one or more needles that may be withdrawn from, action for a certain'number of courses (referring more articularly to the form oi blank shown in ig. 2).

These needles are withdrawn at the front of the wrist 1 of said' glove so as to provide an interruption in the circular continuity of the wales or loops, corresponding to the 5 space of one or more wales, according to the number of needles withdrawn. The effect of withholding said needles from action is to produce floating yarns 6 which span the interruption in the series of loops and indicate the line of the wrist opening subsequently to be formed by severing said floating yarns,

' and thereby.separatingthetwo edges of the catingithe. terminal point ofthewrist o pening 2, and continuing to-the base line 9 of the thumb 10. 1

The strips 10 and 14 are preferably produced by reciprocating knitting in order to provide selvages'at opposite edges thereof,

and may be knitted simultaneously by em ploying separate sets of knitting cams and separate yarn guides, or they may be produced in sequence, each strip being knitted integral with and asa continuation of thetubular hand strip 7 Having completed the" knitting of the thumb and hand portions of the glove, the finger coverings maynext be knitted, and although individual finger pockets have been shown, it is distinctly to be understood that the invention herein is not limited to such, but obviously may include. mittens wherein a single pocket 15 provided for all of the fingers, or it may include a glove mitten in which case the thumb and first finger may be contained'in separate-pockets, and the second, third and fourth fingers in a single pocket.

When the coverin finger pockets, as erein shown, knittin will proceed upon predetermined or seleetec groups of needles to form in the desired sequence the strips constituting said pockets. Assuming, however, that knitting is to proceed upon a certain selected group of.

needles, to effect the formation of the little finger pocket 22, the remaining needles of the series will be withdrawn from action and knitting will proceed reciprocatingly and integral with the strip 14 to form a double width strip 23 Which has oppositely selvaged edges 24 and 25. This strip will be,

is to include individualwhen completed, substantially. the length of the fourth finger of the hand, and will be doubled longitudinally midway of its Width, so as to'present the edges 24 and 25 at the inside of the finger, the outer edge of said finger covering being seamless as in the case of the strip 14 and tubular hand covering 7 of said glove.

Upon completion of the strip 23, one or more'other strips may be formed upon selected groups of needles, for instance the front strip 26 of the third finger 21 may be knitted upon a roup including a portion of the-needles emp oyed in knitting the'strip 23, so as to produce an overlapping of said strip with said strip 23 as at 27, for the purpose of forming thevgusset a. It is, how ever, Within the province of this invention to eflect the knitting simultaneously of the front strip 26a'nd the back strip 28 of said third finger, and when such is accomplished the necessary needles for'said group28 will be selected in. any suitable manner, and these will include portions of the needles em ployed in knitting the strip 23, so that upon completion. of the third finger strips the back strip 28, as well as said front. strip 26, will overlap the edges of the fourth finger strip.

In the proper sequence the remaining finger strips may be produced, for instance, the front strip 29 andthe back strip 30 of the second finger covering will be formed upon selected groups of needles including portions of the needles emploved in knitting the strips 26 and 28, so that there will be an overlapping at-3l'of said second and third finger stripsto form thegusset b, and folof needles, including portions of the needles used in knitting the strips '29 and 30, thereby forming stripsv which overlap at 34 the strips of the second finger, and forming the gusset a between the first and second fin ers. a

, pon completion of the several strips constituting the finger covering of the glove, the glove may then be removed from the machine and completed by stitching together the various edges of the finger, hand and thumb coverings, all o-fiwhich edges when produced by reciprocatin knitting, as' in the present case, will be so vaged edges, and when stitched to ether will form a seam extending across t "e tip of the thumb and down the inside of the thumb as at 35 to the base 9 thereof, uniting at this point with a seam 36 formed by the uniting of the ing the seam 3'1. The strips 29 and 30 of the second finger are stitched together from the gusset' a upwardly to form the seam 38, which extends across the tip of said second finger and down the opposite side thereof to the gusset b. The opposite edges of the fourth finger strips are likewise stitched together fromthegusset 6, across the tip and down the opposite side to the gusset 6 thus forming a continuous seam 39. The edges 24 and 25 of the fourth finger strip are likewise stitched together from said gusset 0 to form a seam 40 extending there-' from along the inside of the fourth finger and across the tip thereof, thus completing the formation of the thumb and finger coverings of the glove.

Where the hand portion of the glove is formed upon the full complement of the needles and such set of'needles is of a size sufficient to include the needles of the thumb in addition to those necessary to produce the hand strip 14, it will beobvious that a tubular web so formed, although being of a suitable size for the hand adjacent tothe base of the'thumb, willbe too large for the wrist. It is therefore desirable that the wrist of the glove formed in this manner be suitably shaped or fashioned in order that it may fit the wrist of the wearer, and to ef- "fect this result in the form shown in Fig. 2

the loops of the fabric formed during the knitting of the wrist are herein knitted smalleror shorter than are the loops constituting the tubular fabric 7, and may be effected by using the same kind of yarn as employed in forming said hand, but by varying the relation of the edge of the needle cylinder With respect to the knitting cams, or within the scope and purpose of the invention a lighter yarn may be employed, thus accomplishing practically the same result as would be accomplished by varying the length of the loops thereof. Furthermore, it is obvious that the yarn composing the wrist may contrast Poth: in number, quality and color with the yarn from which the hand and fingers of the gloove are produced.

There are, however, numerous other methods of effecting the reduction in the diameter or size of the wrist with respect to said'hand portion 7, and in properly shaping the wrist. Such variations may be accomplished either during the knitting thereof, or the wrist may be of such a formation that the fasteningof the two edges of the wrist together upon the hand of the wearer will result in effecting the necessary reduction in side thereof.

I have, therefore, in Fig. 3, illustrated what may be and herein preferably is a rear View of the wrist wherein the front portion is formed as shown in Fig. 2, that is, with an interruption or gap 41 produced during the knitting by withdrawing one or more needles and forming floating yarns or elongated sinker wales 42, which span the gap between opposite edges of said opening. It will, however, be obvious that the elongated sinker wales may be produced in other ways than by withdrawing a needle from action during the entire knitting of the wrist; for instance, said wrist may be knitted upon the full complement of needles and at the point 8 in the wrist the loop upon one of the needles may be cast bid and such a needle be prevented from taking a new loop, with the result that all of the loops previously formed upon' said needles will ravel back and efi'ect the formation of a soca'lled drop stitch, the floating yarns 42 be-.

ingsubsequently removed orsevered and the edges of the fabric suitably treated to prevent the fraying thereof. To further refashioned by gradually adding needles to the series during the rotary knitting, thus forming floating yarns spanning the V- shaped gap at the backof the groove, which yarns gradually decrease in length as the knitting approaches the juncture of the wrist with the hand portion of the glove to compensate for the adding or restoration of needles. "These floating arns are subsequently severed from the wrist, and the edges of the fabric at the back of said glove united by stitching *or seaming in any suitable manner, thus materially reducingthe size .of the wrist and properly fashioning the same to fit the wrist and adjacent portions of the hand.

In Fig. tI-have illustrated aportion of a glove blank like that in Fig. 3 wherein a V-shaped interruption 44 is shown spanned by floating yarn 45, said V-shaped interruption belng more gradual than the interruption L3, and preferably starting at the end 46 of the wrist rather than farther up the wrist portion as shown in Fig.3 where the fashioned portion is confined immediately adjacent'to the juncture of the wrist and hand portion of the glove, and when the blank is. to be completed, the elongated or floating yarns 45 are severed and the edges thereof treated in any desired manner to prevent ravelling or fraying thereof, the fashioning of the edges of said wrist being suflicient when the edges thereof are fas tened together to produce a smooth fitting wrist.

In eachof the various forms hereinbefore described suitable fastening means, such as ordinarily used in the fastening of gloves,'is shown at 51 to retain the edges of the wrist in overlapped relation while being worn.

A glove constructed in accordance with the manner hereinbefore described will, in-

so far as the hand, thumb and finger portions thereof are concerned, have substantially c'o-extensive front and back areas whereby the formation of the glove upon a machine will necessitate no changing cradjusting of the machine to produce a pair of gloves, that is,'right and left gloves, but when the wrist openings or fashioning of the I wrist takes place suitable means may be pro vided upon the'machine for automatically changing the same to produce such openings in either face of the-glove, and such automatic changing devices may be arranged so as alternately to produce right and left gloves, or a number of right-hand gloves may be produced in succession upon the machine, and then the machine operate to produce an equal number of'left-hand gloves; Either method, however, may be effected without manual or complicated alterations.

in order to produce the desired result.

Having thus described certain illustrated embodnnents of my invention, I desire it to be understood that although specific terms the knitting operations, an integrally knitted hand covering including a tubular seamless portion and a selvaged strip, and digit coverings formed integral with said hand.

4. A knitted glove blank having a tubular wrist consisting of interrupted circular series of loops, the interruption of said series oc-' curring at the front ofsaid wrist, floating yarns spanning said interruption, a hand partly tubular and partly a selvaged strip and digit coverings knitted integral with said hand. 1

5. A knitted glove having a fashioned wrist provided with an opening at the front thereof,a hand including a seamless tubular portion and a selvaged strip portion, and thumba'nd finger coverings forming together with said 'hand substantially coextensive front and back areas of said glove.

6. Ayknitted glove having a wrist provided with an opening formed in and by the knittin operations longitudinally and at the front 0 said glove and a hand-portion constituting an integral continuation of said wrist. v

7. A knitted glove having a wrist provided with a longitudinal opening, a hand including a tubular portion and an oppo sitely selvaged portion, a thumb strip kn'itted as an integral jcontinuation of the rotatably knitted portion of said hand and finger coverings constituting integral con-.

tinuations' of the oppositely selvaged portion of said hand.

8. A'knitted glove blank having tubular wrist and hand coverings of integrally united but of different diameters, said wrist consisting of interrupted circular series of loops, opposite ends of said series of loops being connected together by floating yarns.

9. A knltted glove blank having tubular wrist and hand coverings, said coverings having a longitudinal interruption in the circular continuity of the wales thereof "corresponding with the space of one" Wale, said interruption being spanned by floating yarns.

10. A knitte'dglove blank having tubular wrist and hand coverings provided with an interruption in the circular continuity of the Wales thereof, said interruption extending from the end of said wrist longitudinally of a portion of said glove, and floating yarns spanning said interruption; I

11. A. knitted glove having integrally knitted wrist and hand coverings rovided with a gap in the wales formed ongitudinally and at the front of said glove, the loops cornposing said wrist contrasting in size w1th those of said hand.

12. A knitted glove blank having a hand covering including a seamless tubular web,

a shaped wrist knitted integral with said hand, said wrist also having one Wale of loops omitted to indicate the line of a wrist opening, andfloating yarns spanning the gapproduced by the omission of said Wale.

13. That method of 'knitting a glove which consists in knitting rotatably' upon w an incomplete circular series of needles to form a wrist having a longitudinal interruption at the front thereof, in knitting upon the complete series of needles a tubu-= lar web constituting a part of the hand covering, in knitting a thumb strip upon a selected'group of said needles, in knitting a stripof fabric constituting a portion of the handcovering, upon the remaining nee-. dles of said series, and in lmitting finger coverings upon the latter series of needles, integral with said hand.

14. That method of knitting a glove which consists in starting to knit rotatably upon a reduced number of needlesto-form a wrist having an interruption in the cires es cular continuity of wales, in gradually varying the length of the loops to shape said wrist, in knitting a tubular hand por tion upon the complete set of needles, in knitting a hand strip of fabric integral with said tubular hand portion, in. hiitting a double-width thumb strip integral with said hand, and in knitting a plurality of finger covering. strips integral with said hand strip. I

16. That method of knitting a glove which, consists in knitting rotatably upon an incomplete circular series of needles and .in varying the length of the loops during said knitting to form 4 a shaped tubular wrist having a longitudinal interruption corresponding to the space of one Wale, and

spanned by floating yarns, in knitting rotatably upon all of the needles to form a tubular hand covering section, in knitting reciprocatingly upon a selected group of saidneedles to form a double-width selvaged thumb strip, in knitting reciprocatingly upon the remainder of said needles to form a continuation of said tubular hand, and in knitting upon selected groups of the latter needles a plurality of overlapping front and back finger strips.

'17. A knitted glove having a hand covering including a seamless tubular web and a longitudinally doubled, selvaged strip, a longitudinally doubled, selvaged thumb strip knitted as a continuation of said tubular web, and -a pluralit} of overlapping finger coverings constituting continuations of each ofthe folds of said hand strip.

18. A knitted glove having a hand including a seamless tubular Web and an integral double-width strip, the edges of said strip being stitched together along the thumb side of the glove, 9. double-Width thumb strip knitted integral with said tubular web, the edges of said thumb strip being stitched together and forming a seam uniting with the seam of said hand strip and extending along the inside of said thumb and across the tip thereof, a' plurality of finger coverings knitted integral with said hand strip, and gussets formed between said several fingers in and by the knitting operations.

19. In the method of knitting a glove blank, that step which comprises knitting a wrist by a. series of circular courses, wherein the continuity of the loops is interrupted by floating yarns.

20. That .method of knitting a glove comprising knitting a wrist portion having a wrist opening formed in and by the knit ting operation, knitting integrally with said wrist portion a hand covering having a tubular, seamless portion, and a fiat portion, and knitting digit coverings integral with the hand portion.

21. That method of knitting a glove blank comprising knitting a tubular wrist having interruptions in the circular continuity of the loop courses at the front of said wrist by floating yarns, spanning said interruptions and knitting a hand as a continuation of said wrist partly by tubular knitting and partly by the -formation of a selvaged strip and knitting digit coverings integral with said hand.

22. That method. of knitting a glove comprisingknitting a-Wrist having a longitudinally extending opening formed in and by the knitting operation at the front of the glove and constituting an interruption in the continuity of the courses forming the wrist, and knitting a hand portion constituting an integral continuation of said wrist.

, 23. That method of knitting a glove comprising forming a tubular wrist and automatically shaping the same during the formation thereof and during the formation thereof forming an opening longitudinally of the Wrist at the front by interrupting the continuity of the courses of loops forming a hand integrally knitted with the wrist and forming thumb and finger portions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this s ecification.

" GEORGE P. BOSWORTH. 

